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noun, masculine

gibier

/ʒi.bje/

noun, masculine/ʒi.bje/plural: gibiers

game (wild animal hunted for food)

Related: gibier de potence

Inherited from Old French gibiez, with change of suffix, and that from Frankish *gabaiti (“to hunt with falcons”), from ga- + *bītan (“to bite”).